Verbinski: 'Bioshock had to be R-rated'

Gore Verbinski has opened up about his failed attempt to adapt the Bioshock videogame for the big screen.

Verbinski spoke to Coming Soon about his upcoming projects, addressing why he left the Bioshock film adaptation.

"I couldn't really get past anybody that would spend the money that it would take to do it and keep an R rating," Verbinski said. "Alternately, I wasn't really interested in pursuing a PG-13 version. Because the R rating is inherent. Little Sisters and injections and the whole thing."

He continued: "It's a movie that has to be really, really scary, but you also have to create a whole underwater world, so the price tag is high. We just didn't have any takers on an R-rated movie with that price tag."

Verbinski's next film to hit cinemas is the animation Rango, starring Johnny Depp, which will be released on March 4.